I really appreciate how you were so thoughtful about the enslaved people, and made sure to educate yourself more, and encouraged others to do the same. Definitely going to visit this beautiful and important place!
It's odd that she didn't educate herself before she made this video like you did. She calls them slaves throughout the whole video when they were enslaved people. There's a huge difference.
@@donnatravel I don't know how much I educated myself. I have just heard people use the term "enslaved" this past year or so on RUclips, and figured that is the proper term now. (One woman DID make reference to the term and why it was used these days.) We all learn something new every day.
I just love history on the plantations I could not imagine how they could live or work in the conditions that they had to endure keep on doing this history comments
I agree - when I was there I was shocked…truly….it wasn’t just that they were slaves, no, it was the deplorable conditions they lived and worked in, even animals have better living conditions. Just so so sad what humans do to each other.
I didn't realize that Oak Alley was run into the ground by mismanagement in the 1800s. I can only assume that lives of the enslaved only got worse the more desperate the owners got. And inevitably, the families separated and sold off to other plantations. I'm glad they rebuilt the slave cabins and told the stories they could, it makes it harder to ignore that such a beautiful place was built out of blood and exploitation.
exactly, the only good thing is that slavery was completely abolished here because the family went destitute and was turned into a real working cattle ranch. After visiting all the other plantations, especially visiting Destrehan right before this one, made me feel extremely conflicted about appreciating anything beautiful about Oak Alley. Almost to the point of feeling guilty for doing so. I still think it is a good reminder, and experience to visit and learn about what life was like back then as well as the stories of the slaves here with their names.....
Everyone who believes the BS story that slaves built these southern plantation homes needs to awaken to reality. Sure, they labored and helped build them but just how many slaves were master brick layers, and master carpenters? You have to remember they could not read or write. As the old quote says- "When fiction becomes fact, print the fiction."
My family had an indigo plantation about 1760s near oak alley. Actually ether neighboring or owned the land where oak alley is today called Cabahanoce plantation later M.B.C. plantation. If my not mistaken it was the first plantation in the area and soon became a French and first Acadian post.
That’s so interesting! There is so much history in Louisiana that I think is lost on Americans & I hope continues to be remembered but also not repeated.
I think the owners of the land (before Jacques Telesphore Roman bought it) planted the alley of Oak Trees in the 1600's. Originally, there were 28 trees, 14 on either side. The surviving trees are about 300 years old. I first saw Oak Alley in 1965, with my Uncle Bill and Aunt Ruby. We slowed down on the highway while driving past. Old Mrs. Stewart still lived there and the house wasn't open for tours. Then, I went back and toured the house in 1990 or 1991. I saw two enormous snakes while walking down the alley. The tourists all ran back up to the house. I climbed up on a lower, enormous tree limb to watch them (the snakes, not the tourists.) I think they were mating, entwining around each other, then disengaging and crawling off in opposite directions. I climbed down and went back to the house. These are the largest snakes I have ever seen roaming free and not in a zoo. I came back for the last time in 2005, when I was in Baton Rouge for Aunt Ruby's funeral. I haven't seen the trees post Katrina, but in photos there are not as many branches, and on a sunny day the canopy of green is not as shady and thick, from what I can tell. I'm glad they continue to survive.
Yes but I didn't have time to visit like I wanted to but I have my family history I know what plantation we belonged to I have alot to start with which makes me very interested in videos like this !!!!
This video made me cry. Iam watching it 2nd Jan 2023. Iam a melanesian from Fiji and I could really feel your videos. My country is a multiracial country. Fijians of Indian decent were brought into our country for slave trade to plant sugarcanes, cotton etc etc.. Watching this vid made me wonder how those indians whom were brought as indentured labourers lived. Thank you for your enlightenment. May God Bless You 😥❤️🙏
I’m going to have to go back to Oak Alley! I went many years ago and although the tour was nice and the home beautiful, there was hardly any discussion of the enslaved people. I was very disappointed to not learn more about them. The tour focused on the family and what their lives may have been like.
It is legit why I went there. I literally learned nothing about these places in school in Utah, so decided I would go and properly educate myself and share my education with those who would care to listen. Glad you’re here ❤️
Being an Australian and this COVID situation, I probably won’t ever make the a trip over myself. So thank you 🙏 for the tour, that was a wonderful presentation. ❤️ Jodie 🇦🇺
Awe dang! I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I work in the medical field & every time I post a video I think about my patients that aren’t able to travel & work to help them be able to see the world with me. Hugs to you and stay safe
Im new to your channel and i want to thank you with all my heart for taking time to make these videos, i have traveled extensively all my life with my occupation and i can honestly say as a southern black man, the soul and spirit of the United states is in the south.i have felt spiritual things down in Louisiana and Mississippi & Alabama & Tennessee as well as Georgia while traveling through these states in the summers in the back country that i have never felt anywhere else on the planet. The only other place on the planet that compares but is different, is EGYPT. These are spiritual places on steroids for someone that is truly blessed by god spirit.🙏i was in the navy in the 90s and i grew up in the country in Kentucky, so thats a bit of my background.my mother lives on our land thats has seen 4 generations since the late 1800s. Land holds the spirits of those that walked it&kept it.🙏😌 i dont believe in ghosts, but the spirit is real, in life, so in death its a no brainer. Please do all you can to tour the plantations and bring them to videos while they are still able to be filmed. Ima start going to see all the ones you have filmed. Thank you again &may god bless your path dear💖
OMG, this comment gave me life! Thank you so much for taking the time to put all your thoughts here. I completely agree, there is a reverence to these places and mixed feelings that you can feeeeel the history. I hope I can continue to share stories that have been hidden from the South and from around the world. I was extremely nervous to put these videos out being a white person, but also felt like I had a duty to share things that many people may not know or even realize from the West Coast. Thank you for your service and for being a part of the community.
@@CultureTrekking slavery was was heart felt by both whites&blacks. White women were often the ones helping slaves, little do alot of black folks and Americans know. I watched your videos after work early in the morning and i truly felt like i was there with you👍the spirit inspires ppl to do things,and you must follow your inner spirit/love or passion..freedom for slaves likely would not have been possible without many of the white folks fighting and passing messages and hiding slaves etc.i could go all day on the topic..but most importantly i just wanted to say slavery and the freedom of slaves is just as much as your history as it is mine🙏thank you again for these amazing videos, folks will be able to see them in the future because you took the time and had the love and passion to bring them to us.💖👍may god continue to bless your path 🙏☕
@@CultureTrekking I love your compassion and respect for all of the people who were enslaved, and I appreciate you showing us these places. Subscribed!
@@CultureTrekking you don't know how much I appreciate you and your thoughtfulness with these videos ( I've watched a few of them ❤💖and believe ppl are watching) its going to create a positive change in the world make more ppl understand our struggles and create unity !!!!!
Hello Culture Trekking - Thank you for this lovely and insightful video. Though it was a sad and tragic part of Southern history - it’s amazing what the slaves accomplished in the building of these beautiful homes - as they likely wouldn’t have been built without their slave labour. So in a strange way - the homes are as much a testament to those slaves who built them - as to the owners and architects who planned and ordered them to be built. May the souls of those slaves rest in eternal peace for what they gave up so others could have the luxuries they enjoyed. 🙏 🙏
Facts are important. J.T. Roman was not considered the "King of Sugar" This designation was given to his father in law, from whom he purchased/bartered for the property. Oak Alley was a small plantation compared to others in the area. The Live Oak trees are not over 300 years old. They were transplanted by slaves from other areas on the ground when they were estimated to be about 40 years old, so they are about 225 years old - and probably have another 250 to go. The gravestone - "hundreds of years old"? JT died in 1848. Do the math. Henri was his son. Not Henry. They spoke French. Their name was pronounced "Row-mahn". When you enter the house, you enter the parlor, not the dining room. After JT died, his wife, and then his son ran the property, but the end of slavery was the ultimate cause of the demise of the sugar plantation. The "purple room" was simply Josephine's favorite color. When her husband died, she could no longer bear to sleep in the room the master bedroom they shared, so she moved across the hall to an adjacent room. That room has been left as is was in 1972, when she died. Prior to her death, she established the Oak Alley Foundation, which set up the property as a historical site and saved it from ruin. The site is now an excellent educational experience. While this was no swamp or "gator and viper--infested" area, there were daily dangers aside from the 18 hour workday of enslaved people. I was personally amazed at the stories of how the slaves grew their own fruits and vegetables, and raised their own chickens and pigs to not only add to their meager daily rations, but to also sell back to the owners as a way to save money and hopefully buy their freedom. In the end, slavery on the plantation only lasted about 30 years, but one was left with the feeling that they were never actually freed, as plantation owners kept their hold through sharecropping or other means. Maybe a point of discussion could be: "How would you have treated slaves if they were the difference between wealth and bankruptcy?" Almost 200 years later, the answer is easy. Why was it so easy to act in such a way 200 years ago? Discuss.
Shes too busy "virtue signaling" in all her tours. Slavery has been around since ancient times and even predates slavery in the Bible. Empathy is great but too much of it clouds her tour with words like "atrocities" repeated all the time. People who watch them are well aware of plantation lifestyle. Yankee soldiers threw innocent women and children (never owned slaves) out on the street while they burned their homes in the cities and stole their food and belongings and left them to starve. Too bad American history isn't discussed without judging through 2022 lenses. Funny how Americans love the Royals now despite having to fight a war for our freedom.
@borbalaequestrian1315 It is frightening that people have your mind set. Those same people who were terrorized by the North took out their frustrations on the descendants of slaves for generations after and the slavery from Biblical times is a false equivalency to dismiss the historical plight of others. You speak of empathy, but lack it. "What set America apart from other slaveholding societies, and what continues to curse the country to this day, was not slavery per se but its racialization." The irony is this treatment is justified by people like you through a heretical interpretation of Christianity, be it misquoting the Bible or defiling the symbols of Christianity, like burning crosses. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Awe! This makes all the work I put in with this channel worth it - getting messages like this that my work provides someone else comfort and education 😍 Hugs to you!
It is amazing to me how these videos always tell the story of how well the slave owners lived! However, many historians today advocate for calling these places “labor camps” or “slave labor camps” or "forced labor camps" rather than “plantations,” in order to avoid hiding the truth of what really happened in these agricultural operations using forced labor. The story is not told about how the plantation owners became so wealthy and able to build these homes nor how the enslaved people were whipped, raped, and treated as livestock.
That is definitely a good point, I do have a video series with other more in depth points of the 'real' story. One on Destrehan where a descendent of a slave and the owner gave the tour -- it really shook me and changed me in so many ways taking that tour. Forever grateful to Diane Honore for sharing her story.
Wonderful place to visit apace of Louisiana history. Those small slave homes are a palace from where they came from. Living on the dirt cooking in the dirt so on and so forth and sadly some of them still live like that in Africa.
I think that is one way to see it, but I think that there are many people who could disagree. While sometimes it is easy to think that ripping people from their homes from warring tribes and giving them homes with wooden floors is a better life in the way that we see it - there are still so so many indigenous people today in Africa (thinking of the Mara Mara tribe in Africa, the aboriginal tribes in Australia, the indigenous people massacred in Canada) that have a beautiful culture. While a wooden roof over our heads seems like it could be safer, it isn't always that way, unfortunately. The slaves here were used as playthings, sex toys, and 17th-century pornography, bred like cattle, drowned for fun, beaten, dismembered, and children of the slave owners sold to other plantations by ripping them out of their mother's arms. I hope this is coming across as a conversation and not a confrontation. The only way we can all learn is to have these kinds of conversations and really sit back and ask ourselves if we would be willing to give up our lives, homes, our children and be forced to have sex with people we didn't want to for the sake of building an empire we would never really be counted a part of for centuries to come. If we aren't willing to trade places with the people we assume we are giving better lives to - then we shouldn't be a part of the systems that contribute to that or agree with it. While some may argue, "They didn't know any better - it was what they did back then" - I actually know this is also not true, as Dubrovnik banned slavery in the 14th century and called it an abhorrent practice. They had strong ties to Venice and were visited by French soldiers, who the French ruled this area for much of the time period talked about here. You can find the information about Dubrovnik (or Ragusan society) in history books and the exact quote is this: It was on January 27, 1416, that a vote passed to forbid any slave trade, and no ships entering the harbor were allowed to carry slaves. From one history book, I read this quote, "such a trade to be ugly, nefarious, and abominable and against all humanity, and that it constitutes not a small burden and infamy to our city, that is, that the human species, made to the image and similarity of our creator should be converted to merchandise and be sold as if they were brute animals". While we all are entitled to our own opinions, I think we do ourselves an injustice as well as others if we aren't willing to look at these things from all sides. Sending love and light to you, and hope and healing to those who were descendants from places like this that still somehow found a way to survive despite all the odds that were stacked against them. Greed, money, power, and thinking our way of life and thinking is superior to another is how generational pain, war, and the darker parts of history are always made.
You must be very sensitive to spirits! I felt that way at the San Francisco Plantation I visited! That one felt more like an angry spirit for some reason. The one at Oak Alley just felt very annoyed and wanted to be left alone.
@@CultureTrekking I guess but since I accept Jesus as my personal savior I knew to cover it in the blood and Jesus would tell it to go where he wants it to go
As a white woman growing up in New Orleans, I’ve often wondered what kind of person I would have been if born during these times. Would I had just gone with the flow or would I have taken a stand for what was right? I do know there is no way I could live in a place and see people abused and tortured on a daily basis and feel good about myself.
I like to think I would be a person who would always root for those oppressed. How can you rip a child from their mother, watch them scream no, and still call yourself a Christian…. You are right though, it is chilling and gut turning to think that I would think anything else but that…
Thank you for humanizing those who built this place at the largest costs, for mentioning that they should be kindly spoken of (I assume out of respect out of what they went through) in history, for sharing that you had to actually take time to let it sink in...to try and get an actual feel for what the slaves went through and for how it must have been for them to actually have had to endure this as the norm. They were surrounded by this fir as ffar as they could imagine, yet they risked their lives in gator- and viper-infested swamps to escape captors...They were kidnapped, yet to escape made them criminal. They really lived in the twilight zone and in every psycopathic situation imaginable and were powerless to do anything about it. The mental trauma was so great that AA are still affected by ut today. You can ask about any AA and they will tell you that they bekieve that the trauma was imprinted into their DNA. Again, thank yiu for humanizing the slaves and for not glorifying the property, as beautiful as it is.
This comment made my day! I specifically asked Willma, the CVB lady in the River Parishes that I wanted to cover black history in the area and highlight what actually happened. It was really hard to film all of it, made my stomach sick. I work in healthcare, so saving lives is what I do, yet here are places in our own country that we don't even teach about what actually happened. I'm so grateful to the plantations I visited for working with me to allow me to film for this specific purpose. While the property is gorgeous, it is hard to not feel incredibly conflicted by all of it. Much love to you and all AA who are affected by this history. I hope this helps people feel more seen.
@@CultureTrekking Awe! May the Heavenly Father reward you for sharing from the perspective of inhumanity and for the heart that you have. Yes, there is so much that isn't taught. We have the stories passed down by our ancestors and of course, those who are local to those plantations know, but most may not. Nowadays, some young people seem not to want to know about this history or are over it. It's important to know where you came from/through, no matter how difficult. Thank you.
Great question! I’m sure they had some skills already from building in Africa (gotta protect against wild animals) then whatever they learned from being in America I assume- that’s my best guess
A strange kind of evil. Looking so relaxing and dreamlike at one view and at another an absoloute racist evil that destroyed lives and famlies for profit.
For sure - it felt even more conflicting while there. Appreciate the beautiful home and grounds and then the feeling of death and suffering as well. Yet still think it’s SO IMPORTANT that the education goes forward on the reality of the dark history. People who say “they didn’t know any better” - I don’t agree, Dubrovnik Croatia (Ragusa at the time) outlawed slavery in the 15th century and called it an abomination that humans claim ownership of another human made in the image of the creator. Soooooo…..yeah…..
I got banned from oak alley because i went there allot and they lied on me saying i damaged cottages and scared people with my ghost stories which wasn't a lie i really saw and video proff and i was very invited there by workers they ssid they loved my spiritual attitude and i would just pray for things i saw there its ashamed they have there picks and choice of people i guess all of my life ive went there as a child with my grandparents that worked on a plantation and I grew up on one didn't know why i was helping finding out lots of my family history once i started talking to them one tine that i saw a lady wearing black at top of stairs i was disrespected after that but I continued to go there why because it was a miracle i found this beautiful place because at 10 my grandpaw died which worked on residence dairy and my whole family worked there actually but then my trips to oak alley was lost till the day i found my first love that i grew up with on residence dairy and he took me to oak alley i was in tears of joy because i remembered that place it felt like home to me and i went there all the time like catching up on old times catching fire flies and it just was like a dream come true it was Goin on 4 years i was going there then someone i knew i told about oak alley brung her there and saw the joy of my memories there with my ancestors my husband and holidays and my kids to find out she was working there i was so happy for her that at least someone was able to live a little of my dream there but it was ok because i love people all people i was raised to love all and to pray for others and count blessings but then i saw a difference in her while there it hurt my feelings so i became distant because i felt to i still went there as always with a smile fir her while it was rubbed in my face i was even accused of harassing a worker when everyone loved me til that point of a certain someone i thought loved me as a sister hurt me and then i call one day to make reservations not knowing of all the lies that was told on me i was then connected to reservations to be told i wasnt aloud there because of like i said in the beginning til end of this tragic story that was once a dream come true i was told ill cancel everytime you try to come here and even sent me a certified letter stating i wasnt aloud at cottages giftshop are restaurant only the plantation they cant band me wow what a surprising gift that was on a day i was on my way to oak alley so truth about this place yes loving staff and i have no hate because in my heart i know I've done nothing and god sees and i hope to see and talk to owner very soon because im not the only one. Thank you and be careful because they will be blind to person that really cares for oak alley and i will continue to pray to see it again.
Because it has nothing to do with Oak Alley really, it has to do with the RUclips Algorithm. I want people to LEARN, especially fellow white people that really need it - It definitely is hard to balance a sensitive subject.
@@Duesay I actually had to take the photo from my alligator swamp tour, remove the background and put it in this one because I just didn't feel like taking a photo of myself here. RUclips doesn't show your video as much if you don't put your face in it. I'm sorry if it is offensive to you, it was merely me trying to do my best to put together something. If you can make an real and specific suggestions on how you feel it should appear please let me know. I'm always happy to re-evaluate and let you know what I have as far as resources in order to reflect a clearer message. This was a very quick and furious tour for me. Barely had time to take a sip of water because I wanted to capture the right storyline, so I was limited in my choices of thumbnail photos I could put together graphically unfortunately.
She's excited to call other human being slaves too. Just ignorant all around. There should never be a smiling face when you're talking about something so awful. Sad people like her pretend to be educating people but are happy about visiting a place that was horrific and have the nerve to call the victims "slaves'. This video is just up for views so she can make money off it.
I don’t, never said I did - would NEVER say I did. The goal here was to educate myself and help show both sides of this destination. Hope that answered the question 😊
She never implied that she did... There are people on here acting as apologist for slavery and diminishing the affects of slavery, save your energy for them.
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Braithwaite Manor in Red Dead Redemption 2 looks like this place.
I'll have to check it out. I know that scenes from 'Interview with the Vampire' were also filmed here as well.
Same reason i clicked the video
Pretty sure Braithwaite Manor is based off of this place
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That all u care about?
Didn't Dutch Vanderlinde burn it down ?
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I did idk how they rebuilt it!
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@dreadedworld8864 WHAT!? I NEED TO SEND HIM TO GUARMA!
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I really appreciate how you were so thoughtful about the enslaved people, and made sure to educate yourself more, and encouraged others to do the same. Definitely going to visit this beautiful and important place!
I appreciate you saying that - truly
It's odd that she didn't educate herself before she made this video like you did. She calls them slaves throughout the whole video when they were enslaved people. There's a huge difference.
@@donnatravel I don't know how much I educated myself. I have just heard people use the term "enslaved" this past year or so on RUclips, and figured that is the proper term now. (One woman DID make reference to the term and why it was used these days.) We all learn something new every day.
@@Jeannified The term has always been used. Only uneducated people call other human beings slaves, which is disrespectful.
@@donnatravel Well, I'm sure no one wants to be disrespectful.
I just love history on the plantations I could not imagine how they could live or work in the conditions that they had to endure keep on doing this history comments
I agree - when I was there I was shocked…truly….it wasn’t just that they were slaves, no, it was the deplorable conditions they lived and worked in, even animals have better living conditions. Just so so sad what humans do to each other.
@@CultureTrekking The animals had better living conditions? LMAO
I didn't realize that Oak Alley was run into the ground by mismanagement in the 1800s. I can only assume that lives of the enslaved only got worse the more desperate the owners got. And inevitably, the families separated and sold off to other plantations. I'm glad they rebuilt the slave cabins and told the stories they could, it makes it harder to ignore that such a beautiful place was built out of blood and exploitation.
exactly, the only good thing is that slavery was completely abolished here because the family went destitute and was turned into a real working cattle ranch. After visiting all the other plantations, especially visiting Destrehan right before this one, made me feel extremely conflicted about appreciating anything beautiful about Oak Alley. Almost to the point of feeling guilty for doing so. I still think it is a good reminder, and experience to visit and learn about what life was like back then as well as the stories of the slaves here with their names.....
I though the Van Der Linde gang burned this down while rescuing Jack?
Everyone who believes the BS story that slaves built these southern plantation homes needs to awaken to reality. Sure, they labored and helped build them but just how many slaves were master brick layers, and master carpenters? You have to remember they could not read or write. As the old quote says- "When fiction becomes fact, print the fiction."
My family had an indigo plantation about 1760s near oak alley. Actually ether neighboring or owned the land where oak alley is today called Cabahanoce plantation later M.B.C. plantation. If my not mistaken it was the first plantation in the area and soon became a French and first Acadian post.
That’s so interesting! There is so much history in Louisiana that I think is lost on Americans & I hope continues to be remembered but also not repeated.
I think the owners of the land (before Jacques Telesphore Roman bought it) planted the alley of Oak Trees in the 1600's. Originally, there were 28 trees, 14 on either side. The surviving trees are about 300 years old. I first saw Oak Alley in 1965, with my Uncle Bill and Aunt Ruby. We slowed down on the highway while driving past. Old Mrs. Stewart still lived there and the house wasn't open for tours. Then, I went back and toured the house in 1990 or 1991. I saw two enormous snakes while walking down the alley. The tourists all ran back up to the house. I climbed up on a lower, enormous tree limb to watch them (the snakes, not the tourists.) I think they were mating, entwining around each other, then disengaging and crawling off in opposite directions. I climbed down and went back to the house. These are the largest snakes I have ever seen roaming free and not in a zoo. I came back for the last time in 2005, when I was in Baton Rouge for Aunt Ruby's funeral. I haven't seen the trees post Katrina, but in photos there are not as many branches, and on a sunny day the canopy of green is not as shady and thick, from what I can tell. I'm glad they continue to survive.
Seen this plantation last october. Really interesting. I'm from the Netherlands.
I Love your video! Hi from Tamaulipas Mexico
Have you been to New Orleans? Were you taught these things in school?
Yes but I didn't have time to visit like I wanted to but I have my family history I know what plantation we belonged to I have alot to start with which makes me very interested in videos like this !!!!
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Old trees and houses always fascinate me. The fact that they've been there that long.
Agree! Especially old churches - imagine how many confessions and secrets they have witnessed
This video made me cry. Iam watching it 2nd Jan 2023. Iam a melanesian from Fiji and I could really feel your videos. My country is a multiracial country. Fijians of Indian decent were brought into our country for slave trade to plant sugarcanes, cotton etc etc.. Watching this vid made me wonder how those indians whom were brought as indentured labourers lived. Thank you for your enlightenment. May God Bless You 😥❤️🙏
I'm sorry it made you cry....there certainly are some dark times in history, time and damage we can't really get back. Hugs to you.
Gorgeous grounds, glad they let you tour the slave quarters on your own though - helps things sink in more.
agreed!
Braithwaite Manor- Rdr2 reference
Ah ok
I’m going to have to go back to Oak Alley! I went many years ago and although the tour was nice and the home beautiful, there was hardly any discussion of the enslaved people. I was very disappointed to not learn more about them. The tour focused on the family and what their lives may have been like.
They have a ways to go but are definitely moving in the right direction
The best and most factual information from the POV of the enslaved would be found during a tour of the Whitney Plantation.
The trees on the property are amazing.
Agree
They were planted over 100 years before the mansion was built.
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I belive the builder of Oak Alley Plantation was Jacques Roman. He was builder of many greek revial style homes and mansion in the area .
Interesting
I lived right down the road from oak alley, back in the 70s.
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I@@CultureTrekking I know! We used to go down to see it. Just a beautiful place.
thanks for the video. I can't go there currently so this is so cool to watch!
YEAH! I’m so glad I was able to get some video inside for you!
Appreciate you spending some meaningful time talking about the history of slaves at the plantation.
It is legit why I went there. I literally learned nothing about these places in school in Utah, so decided I would go and properly educate myself and share my education with those who would care to listen. Glad you’re here ❤️
Does this trolley go to Tahiti?
Ummm don’t think so
Being an Australian and this COVID situation, I probably won’t ever make the a trip over myself.
So thank you 🙏 for the tour, that was a wonderful presentation. ❤️ Jodie 🇦🇺
Awe dang! I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I work in the medical field & every time I post a video I think about my patients that aren’t able to travel & work to help them be able to see the world with me. Hugs to you and stay safe
Thank you! I enjoyed this very much!
🙏 this made my day reading it
@@CultureTrekking Your presence and approach is very inviting. I look forward to seeing more from you. Thanks.
Very informative, thanks for sharing
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Thank you so much for this video! Going here with my husband in two weeks!
Oh GOOD! So glad you enjoyed it!
very informative, thank you
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Thank you for this, it was really well done. I want to visit after seeing your video.
really appreciate that
Im new to your channel and i want to thank you with all my heart for taking time to make these videos, i have traveled extensively all my life with my occupation and i can honestly say as a southern black man, the soul and spirit of the United states is in the south.i have felt spiritual things down in Louisiana and Mississippi & Alabama & Tennessee as well as Georgia while traveling through these states in the summers in the back country that i have never felt anywhere else on the planet.
The only other place on the planet that compares but is different, is EGYPT.
These are spiritual places on steroids for someone that is truly blessed by god spirit.🙏i was in the navy in the 90s and i grew up in the country in Kentucky, so thats a bit of my background.my mother lives on our land thats has seen 4 generations since the late 1800s. Land holds the spirits of those that walked it&kept it.🙏😌 i dont believe in ghosts, but the spirit is real, in life, so in death its a no brainer. Please do all you can to tour the plantations and bring them to videos while they are still able to be filmed.
Ima start going to see all the ones you have filmed.
Thank you again &may god bless your path dear💖
OMG, this comment gave me life! Thank you so much for taking the time to put all your thoughts here. I completely agree, there is a reverence to these places and mixed feelings that you can feeeeel the history. I hope I can continue to share stories that have been hidden from the South and from around the world. I was extremely nervous to put these videos out being a white person, but also felt like I had a duty to share things that many people may not know or even realize from the West Coast. Thank you for your service and for being a part of the community.
@@CultureTrekking slavery was was heart felt by both whites&blacks.
White women were often the ones helping slaves, little do alot of black folks and Americans know. I watched your videos after work early in the morning and i truly felt like i was there with you👍the spirit inspires ppl to do things,and you must follow your inner spirit/love or passion..freedom for slaves likely would not have been possible without many of the white folks fighting and passing messages and hiding slaves etc.i could go all day on the topic..but most importantly i just wanted to say slavery and the freedom of slaves is just as much as your history as it is mine🙏thank you again for these amazing videos, folks will be able to see them in the future because you took the time and had the love and passion to bring them to us.💖👍may god continue to bless your path 🙏☕
@@LouisvilleKyrich legit just made me cry. Thank you for saying that. It means the world to me.
@@CultureTrekking blessings and love.😊💖🙏i only speak the truth huggies
@@CultureTrekking I love your compassion and respect for all of the people who were enslaved, and I appreciate you showing us these places. Subscribed!
Thanks great video
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I love this lady thanks for your presentation ❤💕
AWE! THANK YOU! That really means a lot....truly
@@CultureTrekking you don't know how much I appreciate you and your thoughtfulness with these videos ( I've watched a few of them ❤💖and believe ppl are watching) its going to create a positive change in the world make more ppl understand our struggles and create unity !!!!!
Hello Culture Trekking - Thank you for this lovely and insightful video.
Though it was a sad and tragic part of Southern history - it’s amazing what the slaves accomplished in the building of these beautiful homes - as they likely wouldn’t have been built without their slave labour.
So in a strange way - the homes are as much a testament to those slaves who built them - as to the owners and architects who planned and ordered them to be built.
May the souls of those slaves rest in eternal peace for what they gave up so others could have the luxuries they enjoyed. 🙏 🙏
Definitely some complex emotions when visiting these homes for sure. Beautiful, deadly, and a major learning point for me personally.
Not slaves, enslaved people.
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Awe shucks thanks
I have a plan Arthur
Facts are important. J.T. Roman was not considered the "King of Sugar" This designation was given to his father in law, from whom he purchased/bartered for the property. Oak Alley was a small plantation compared to others in the area. The Live Oak trees are not over 300 years old. They were transplanted by slaves from other areas on the ground when they were estimated to be about 40 years old, so they are about 225 years old - and probably have another 250 to go. The gravestone - "hundreds of years old"? JT died in 1848. Do the math. Henri was his son. Not Henry. They spoke French. Their name was pronounced "Row-mahn". When you enter the house, you enter the parlor, not the dining room. After JT died, his wife, and then his son ran the property, but the end of slavery was the ultimate cause of the demise of the sugar plantation. The "purple room" was simply Josephine's favorite color. When her husband died, she could no longer bear to sleep in the room the master bedroom they shared, so she moved across the hall to an adjacent room. That room has been left as is was in 1972, when she died. Prior to her death, she established the Oak Alley Foundation, which set up the property as a historical site and saved it from ruin. The site is now an excellent educational experience. While this was no swamp or "gator and viper--infested" area, there were daily dangers aside from the 18 hour workday of enslaved people. I was personally amazed at the stories of how the slaves grew their own fruits and vegetables, and raised their own chickens and pigs to not only add to their meager daily rations, but to also sell back to the owners as a way to save money and hopefully buy their freedom. In the end, slavery on the plantation only lasted about 30 years, but one was left with the feeling that they were never actually freed, as plantation owners kept their hold through sharecropping or other means. Maybe a point of discussion could be: "How would you have treated slaves if they were the difference between wealth and bankruptcy?" Almost 200 years later, the answer is easy. Why was it so easy to act in such a way 200 years ago? Discuss.
Thanks for all this information
Shes too busy "virtue signaling" in all her tours. Slavery has been around since ancient times and even predates slavery in the Bible. Empathy is great but too much of it clouds her tour with words like "atrocities" repeated all the time. People who watch them are well aware of plantation lifestyle. Yankee soldiers threw innocent women and children (never owned slaves) out on the street while they burned their homes in the cities and stole their food and belongings and left them to starve. Too bad American history isn't discussed without judging through 2022 lenses. Funny how Americans love the Royals now despite having to fight a war for our freedom.
@borbalaequestrian1315 It is frightening that people have your mind set. Those same people who were terrorized by the North took out their frustrations on the descendants of slaves for generations after and the slavery from Biblical times is a false equivalency to dismiss the historical plight of others. You speak of empathy, but lack it. "What set America apart from other slaveholding societies, and what continues to curse the country to this day, was not slavery per se but its racialization." The irony is this treatment is justified by people like you through a heretical interpretation of Christianity, be it misquoting the Bible or defiling the symbols of Christianity, like burning crosses. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
This is amazing thank you so much
Glad you enjoyed it :) Makes all the time editing worth it to get comments like this
The good ol' days!
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Hi I am French and for an English homework I have to watch this video and answer questions I have a question what is your job ??
I work at a hospital
Beautiful!
yeah! So glad you enjoyed :)
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This place looks like the Mansion in Red Dead Redemtion😮😮😮
I’ve heard that!
I loved this plantation. Thank you for reminding me of good times with my deceased husband.
Awe! This makes all the work I put in with this channel worth it - getting messages like this that my work provides someone else comfort and education 😍 Hugs to you!
Who is here from RDR2?
Not me
Great vid
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It is amazing to me how these videos always tell the story of how well the slave owners lived!
However, many historians today advocate for calling these places “labor camps” or “slave labor camps” or "forced labor camps" rather than “plantations,” in order to avoid hiding the truth of what really happened in these agricultural operations using forced labor. The story is not told about how the plantation owners became so wealthy and able to build these homes nor how the enslaved people were whipped, raped, and treated as livestock.
That is definitely a good point, I do have a video series with other more in depth points of the 'real' story. One on Destrehan where a descendent of a slave and the owner gave the tour -- it really shook me and changed me in so many ways taking that tour. Forever grateful to Diane Honore for sharing her story.
The history is so sad for my people and many others… Jesus that’s a beautiful property bittersweet.
For sure….I can only imagine. I definitely felt the internal conflict about this place for sure
Astonishing trees
Truly
Arthur I have a plan we need money
great place for movie settings for sure
Wonderful place to visit apace of Louisiana history. Those small slave homes are a palace from where they came from. Living on the dirt cooking in the dirt so on and so forth and sadly some of them still live like that in Africa.
I think that is one way to see it, but I think that there are many people who could disagree. While sometimes it is easy to think that ripping people from their homes from warring tribes and giving them homes with wooden floors is a better life in the way that we see it - there are still so so many indigenous people today in Africa (thinking of the Mara Mara tribe in Africa, the aboriginal tribes in Australia, the indigenous people massacred in Canada) that have a beautiful culture. While a wooden roof over our heads seems like it could be safer, it isn't always that way, unfortunately. The slaves here were used as playthings, sex toys, and 17th-century pornography, bred like cattle, drowned for fun, beaten, dismembered, and children of the slave owners sold to other plantations by ripping them out of their mother's arms. I hope this is coming across as a conversation and not a confrontation. The only way we can all learn is to have these kinds of conversations and really sit back and ask ourselves if we would be willing to give up our lives, homes, our children and be forced to have sex with people we didn't want to for the sake of building an empire we would never really be counted a part of for centuries to come. If we aren't willing to trade places with the people we assume we are giving better lives to - then we shouldn't be a part of the systems that contribute to that or agree with it. While some may argue, "They didn't know any better - it was what they did back then" - I actually know this is also not true, as Dubrovnik banned slavery in the 14th century and called it an abhorrent practice. They had strong ties to Venice and were visited by French soldiers, who the French ruled this area for much of the time period talked about here. You can find the information about Dubrovnik (or Ragusan society) in history books and the exact quote is this: It was on January 27, 1416, that a vote passed to forbid any slave trade, and no ships entering the harbor were allowed to carry slaves. From one history book, I read this quote, "such a trade to be ugly, nefarious, and abominable and against all humanity, and that it constitutes not a small burden and infamy to our city, that is, that the human species, made to the image and similarity of our creator should be converted to merchandise and be sold as if they were brute animals".
While we all are entitled to our own opinions, I think we do ourselves an injustice as well as others if we aren't willing to look at these things from all sides. Sending love and light to you, and hope and healing to those who were descendants from places like this that still somehow found a way to survive despite all the odds that were stacked against them. Greed, money, power, and thinking our way of life and thinking is superior to another is how generational pain, war, and the darker parts of history are always made.
I loved visiting there -although was very sick on the 2 floor just out right of the door... but loved seeing this home....
You must be very sensitive to spirits! I felt that way at the San Francisco Plantation I visited! That one felt more like an angry spirit for some reason. The one at Oak Alley just felt very annoyed and wanted to be left alone.
@@CultureTrekking I guess but since I accept Jesus as my personal savior I knew to cover it in the blood and Jesus would tell it to go where he wants it to go
As a white woman growing up in New Orleans, I’ve often wondered what kind of person I would have been if born during these times. Would I had just gone with the flow or would I have taken a stand for what was right? I do know there is no way I could live in a place and see people abused and tortured on a daily basis and feel good about myself.
I like to think I would be a person who would always root for those oppressed. How can you rip a child from their mother, watch them scream no, and still call yourself a Christian…. You are right though, it is chilling and gut turning to think that I would think anything else but that…
You would.ve been a fine person just as you are now, working hard and raising a family.
@@CultureTrekking When did that ever happen?
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@@fastfreddy3103 Fast Freddy lmao 🤣 why they call you DAT
Beautiful house and gardens !!
Yes indeed
This is awesome place.
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Braithwaith manor 🌚
True - been a movie set for LOTS of movies 🍿
@@CultureTrekking he is talking about red dead redemption 2 its a game not a movie
Thank you for humanizing those who built this place at the largest costs, for mentioning that they should be kindly spoken of (I assume out of respect out of what they went through) in history, for sharing that you had to actually take time to let it sink in...to try and get an actual feel for what the slaves went through and for how it must have been for them to actually have had to endure this as the norm. They were surrounded by this fir as ffar as they could imagine, yet they risked their lives in gator- and viper-infested swamps to escape captors...They were kidnapped, yet to escape made them criminal. They really lived in the twilight zone and in every psycopathic situation imaginable and were powerless to do anything about it. The mental trauma was so great that AA are still affected by ut today. You can ask about any AA and they will tell you that they bekieve that the trauma was imprinted into their DNA. Again, thank yiu for humanizing the slaves and for not glorifying the property, as beautiful as it is.
This comment made my day! I specifically asked Willma, the CVB lady in the River Parishes that I wanted to cover black history in the area and highlight what actually happened. It was really hard to film all of it, made my stomach sick. I work in healthcare, so saving lives is what I do, yet here are places in our own country that we don't even teach about what actually happened. I'm so grateful to the plantations I visited for working with me to allow me to film for this specific purpose. While the property is gorgeous, it is hard to not feel incredibly conflicted by all of it. Much love to you and all AA who are affected by this history. I hope this helps people feel more seen.
@@CultureTrekking Awe! May the Heavenly Father reward you for sharing from the perspective of inhumanity and for the heart that you have. Yes, there is so much that isn't taught. We have the stories passed down by our ancestors and of course, those who are local to those plantations know, but most may not. Nowadays, some young people seem not to want to know about this history or are over it. It's important to know where you came from/through, no matter how difficult. Thank you.
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Saying slaves was “valued by their masters” is crazy.
How? Slaves were not cheap. They did have a value. They were considered property by the Supreme court and property has value. History is not PC.
Red Dead Redemption 2 😎
thank you
What a treasure! Question how in the world native slaves developed the know-how to build?
Great question! I’m sure they had some skills already from building in Africa (gotta protect against wild animals) then whatever they learned from being in America I assume- that’s my best guess
That doesn't look like a dining room
🍽️ Giant meeting room that happens to have food lol
Who steals a goddamn boy
A strange kind of evil. Looking so relaxing and dreamlike at one view and at another an absoloute racist evil that destroyed lives and famlies for profit.
For sure - it felt even more conflicting while there. Appreciate the beautiful home and grounds and then the feeling of death and suffering as well. Yet still think it’s SO IMPORTANT that the education goes forward on the reality of the dark history. People who say “they didn’t know any better” - I don’t agree, Dubrovnik Croatia (Ragusa at the time) outlawed slavery in the 15th century and called it an abomination that humans claim ownership of another human made in the image of the creator. Soooooo…..yeah…..
Yu're combining inanimate objects with people. The home and property are innocent and not guilty of the sin of slavery. The people are the guilty.
I got banned from oak alley because i went there allot and they lied on me saying i damaged cottages and scared people with my ghost stories which wasn't a lie i really saw and video proff and i was very invited there by workers they ssid they loved my spiritual attitude and i would just pray for things i saw there its ashamed they have there picks and choice of people i guess all of my life ive went there as a child with my grandparents that worked on a plantation and I grew up on one didn't know why i was helping finding out lots of my family history once i started talking to them one tine that i saw a lady wearing black at top of stairs i was disrespected after that but I continued to go there why because it was a miracle i found this beautiful place because at 10 my grandpaw died which worked on residence dairy and my whole family worked there actually but then my trips to oak alley was lost till the day i found my first love that i grew up with on residence dairy and he took me to oak alley i was in tears of joy because i remembered that place it felt like home to me and i went there all the time like catching up on old times catching fire flies and it just was like a dream come true it was Goin on 4 years i was going there then someone i knew i told about oak alley brung her there and saw the joy of my memories there with my ancestors my husband and holidays and my kids to find out she was working there i was so happy for her that at least someone was able to live a little of my dream there but it was ok because i love people all people i was raised to love all and to pray for others and count blessings but then i saw a difference in her while there it hurt my feelings so i became distant because i felt to i still went there as always with a smile fir her while it was rubbed in my face i was even accused of harassing a worker when everyone loved me til that point of a certain someone i thought loved me as a sister hurt me and then i call one day to make reservations not knowing of all the lies that was told on me i was then connected to reservations to be told i wasnt aloud there because of like i said in the beginning til end of this tragic story that was once a dream come true i was told ill cancel everytime you try to come here and even sent me a certified letter stating i wasnt aloud at cottages giftshop are restaurant only the plantation they cant band me wow what a surprising gift that was on a day i was on my way to oak alley so truth about this place yes loving staff and i have no hate because in my heart i know I've done nothing and god sees and i hope to see and talk to owner very soon because im not the only one. Thank you and be careful because they will be blind to person that really cares for oak alley and i will continue to pray to see it again.
I’m so sorry this happened to you 😔 sounds like it was painful to not be able to go & hope your dream to visit again comes true
Oak Alley is so beautiful. It captures everything beautiful about the south. You can feel the paranormal activity there.
Definitely, I think from both the slaves and the owners honestly.
@@CultureTrekking I mainly felt it from the slaves.
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ro-MAHN is the correct pronounciation
Thank you for that!
But why are you looking extra excited to be there in your thumbnail?
Because it has nothing to do with Oak Alley really, it has to do with the RUclips Algorithm. I want people to LEARN, especially fellow white people that really need it - It definitely is hard to balance a sensitive subject.
But is that what you are showing in the thumbnail?
@@Duesay I actually had to take the photo from my alligator swamp tour, remove the background and put it in this one because I just didn't feel like taking a photo of myself here. RUclips doesn't show your video as much if you don't put your face in it. I'm sorry if it is offensive to you, it was merely me trying to do my best to put together something. If you can make an real and specific suggestions on how you feel it should appear please let me know. I'm always happy to re-evaluate and let you know what I have as far as resources in order to reflect a clearer message. This was a very quick and furious tour for me. Barely had time to take a sip of water because I wanted to capture the right storyline, so I was limited in my choices of thumbnail photos I could put together graphically unfortunately.
She's excited to call other human being slaves too. Just ignorant all around. There should never be a smiling face when you're talking about something so awful. Sad people like her pretend to be educating people but are happy about visiting a place that was horrific and have the nerve to call the victims "slaves'. This video is just up for views so she can make money off it.
@@donnatravel Why do you assume the worst of people?
These goofy aah braithwaits
I’ll take goofy 🤪
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We were not slaves. We were enslaved, but not slaves.
Thanks for the feedback- have since corrected all language regarding this moving forward 🙏
YOU were not anything. YOU have never been in chains.
What is a treasure this place is.
For sure
Horrible. How can the slave owners have built this if the actual slaves did? Shit is just despicable!
for sure
If this place ever burns down we'll have a pretty good clue why :D
Ya never know
Why would someone want to burn down a museum and destroy the craftsmanship of slaves from the day that would be lost from the world.
@@ednakelley814 It's a joke, this place was Braithwaite manor in Red Dead Redemption 2 and it was burned down in it
I hate the name Oak Alley. People on the river who passed it called it that. The owners named it Bon Sejour.
Interesting 🧐 will have to notate that in my article - thank you!
Just shameful!
It is very sad indeed
How do u know WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE SALVE😤😤😤✊🏿
I don’t, never said I did - would NEVER say I did. The goal here was to educate myself and help show both sides of this destination. Hope that answered the question 😊
She never implied that she did... There are people on here acting as apologist for slavery and diminishing the affects of slavery, save your energy for them.